I know lots of people need to to take medicines that aren't vegan. This isn't about that. I wondered if there are vegan stuffs available for minor ailments, like (in my case at the moment) cough medicines, throat sweets, headache tablets, tummy upset stuff. I very rarely take anything but this cough is doing my head in. I found some cough medicine in our bathroom cabinet but I was far less bothered by the honey than the expiry date of 1997!

I'm pretty sure that Covonia's website used to state that some of their products were vegan, but they've now helpfully gone down the route of having a shiitake site. Of all the major brands however they're the one that is most likely to be suitable.

Ibruprofen / Paracetemol wise we tend to use generic non-lactose/geletine containing tablets from companies we don't boycott. Someone contacted a load of manufacturers years ago and found only one obscure supplier willing to say "vegan".

the only over the counter meds we have are a bottle of Bayer aspirin bought in '97 in Canada and a packet of Lemsip which is not vegan ... I could get some Beecham hot lemon something to replace it ... it needs tossing anyway as it is as old as the aspirin ...

Anne

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